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-C^iarlotte Thursday, May 25, 1989 ENTERTAINMENT Page 9A with Lisa Collins Green Watley Abdul nyor Puffo Up Film Profile: Richard Piyor seems to have had a oh Tige of heart toward the press. In fact, not only was he on hand i'.rf )ntervlev/s to promote his latest movie, "See No Evil, Hear No EvU", but he appemed to open up. Of course, no one was surprised. With his recent string of box office failures, Piyor is looking for exposure and doing everything within his power to Insure that ■ if', most recent film release, teaming him once again with Gene Vvilder, Is a success. Said Piyon '1 have to do good work". Howev er. industry sources ssqt that the upcoming "Harlem Nights" and j- imlng Pryor with comedian-superstar Eddie Murphy Is more 'Ikely to be the vehicle to turn things aroimd for Pryor. Pryor, In fact, scratched plans for a concert tour, to begin work on the mo vie wlilch Is due to be released sometime around Thanksgiving. !( '• Nobody's Business But...Reports are that the latest run-in be tween heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and ex-wlfe Robin Giv ens at the Beverly HlUs jiarty of a top entertainment lawyer, was t' lr a change, without fanfare. In fact, word Is Givens abruptly 'e.T the party when she walked In the room to find two lovelies on the lap of her ex-hubby. bias Bonet Heads Home: Don't be surprised to see Lisa Bonet back at home on "The Cosby Show" full time, next season. And while, NBC oUlclally has nothing to say on the matter, sources close to the show. Indicate It's a sure bet. Meanwhile, Bonet's mu sician-husband, 24-year old Lenny Kravltz, expects a mid summer release for his debut LP, "Let Love Rule"....Speaking of tha Cosby Show, believe it or not. It served as inspiration to the creators of the Fox-TV Network's most popular and highly con- tioverslid show, "Married With Children." Said co-creator, Mike Moye, who Is black, "I'd look at the show and everybody was al- wriys so happy. You say to yourself, "where are these pieople? I've never been In a house like this. Doesn't anyone sp>eak for the man who doesn't have this?" It was then that he co-creator Ron Levin decided to show the other side. "Now. with our show—you watch the Bundy's,—you look at the horrors of their life and then you look at your wife and kids and say—"we don't have It so bad." Abdul & Watley Go Head To Head For Top Spot: Heavy rotation 111 radio air play has propielled "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Ab dul to No. 1 on the nation's jx>p charts, surpassing Jody Watley's "Real Love." And while Watley tends to have the lead In sales, Abdul Is emerging as a major new artist of 1989, wdth back-to- back smash singles for her third and fourth releases from the "Forever Your Girl" album. Ironically enough, the album's first two singles failed to reach the top 40. Short Takes: Run D.M.C. has added a new twist to Ray Parker's famed "Ghostbuster's" theme which Is being released In conjunc tion with the opening of "Ghostbusters II", which Is set for June 16...Gladys Knight has been tapped to do the theme song to the new James Bond thriller-"License To Kill"....Aretha Franklin Is opening an art gallery In Detroit...Sugar Ray Leonard Is joining the nation's jet set with his purchase of a home In the pxish skiing resort of Aspen, Colorado. !s A1 Gr«en Returning To Secular Music? No, was the word from Green backstage at this year's Grammy Awards, but some Indus- iiy sources are repxsrtlng that a restless Green, who defected from secular music In favor of a career In gospiel music, misses the spotlight. His latest LP, "I Get Joy", features a cut ("As Long As We re TogetheF') that was remixed and produced by none other than A1 B. Sure! In fact, A&M Is playing down the spiritual while beefing up Its marketing efforts on this LP. Next week: Find out where A1 Green is coming from. Comedy Zone Opens Second Location Tlie Comedy Zone proudly an- I'iounces the June 6th opening of its second Charlotte location at 5317 East independence Blvd., In the Independence Promenade Shopping Center behind T.G.I.Friday’s. The Comedy Zone Is the largest comedy club chain In the coun try with 74 clubs from Maryland to Floiida and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Plans are un- dei way to open clubs In Jamai ca. Aruba, Memphis, Phoenix, San Diego and .San Francisco. Hra l Greenberg, president of The Comedy Zone, says. "The new club will be one of the five largest, full-time comedy clubs in the country and will be state- of-the-art specifically designed for comedy." "The Comedy Zone will feature five-star headliners, beginning with Todd Yohn, who recently appeitred on Showtime and was the headliner for the original Comedy Zone location New Year'iS Eve," says Greenberg. "Many of our middle acts receive top billing elsewhere." Upcom ing superstars will include 'The Smothers Brothers'" Pat Paul son, "Night Court's" Marsha War- field "A Different World's" Sin- bad, Bob Saget, Shirley "Whats Happening" Hemphill, Willie Tyler & Lester, James Gregory and Hypnotist Mike Harvey just to neime a few. Greenberg says, "If you've seen them on Carson, Letterman, HBO, or Showtime, you'll see &em live at TTie Com edy Zone." The comedians will be performing Tuesday through Sunday at 8:30 p.m. with addi tional shows Friday and Satur day at 10:45 p.m. Inside The Comedy Zone you will find Arnle's Comic Cafe. Headlining for Amle's will be the best in specialty sandwiches, personal pizzas, and homemade desserts. The cafe also will dis play part of the largest collec tion of original comic strip art In the state of North Carolina. Elvery Tuesday night, in con junction with national comedi ans, The Comedy Zone will present The Comedy Zone All- Stars, entertainers trying to break Into the national comedy scene. The All-Stars will con duct workshops on a weekly ba sis covering the basic aspects of stand-up and Improvlsational techniques. View 100 Years Of Black Art ’’African-American Artists 1880-1987” Opens To The Public At The Afro Center June 3 "Social and political events of the past 150 years have exerted a powerful Influence on the emer gence of African-American art as a distinct form of expres sion." Germaine Juneau Project Director Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service On June 3 "African-American Artists 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tlbbs Collec tion" will open for the general public at Charlotte's Afro- American Cultural Center. Tills exhibit of 71 drawings, oil paintings and watercolors will provide for many the first op portunity to see a collection of rarely seen works by the meister black artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Included are works by Eklward Bannister, Jacob Lawrence, Ro- mare Bearden. Alma Thomas, Lois Mailou Jones and Grafton Tyler Brown. The exhibition Is organized by the Evans-Tlbbs Collection and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). The Afro Center Is the only site In the southeast region scheduled to receive the exhibit which SITES Is traveling na- tlonalty through April 1992. 'This Is an exhibit that Avlll Impress and astound those of us of African-American descent. But most Importantly, this ex hibit of 100 years of black art will provide the viewing public with the opportunity to realize how rich and diverse African- American culture has been and Is," says Vanessa Greene, execu tive director of the Afro- American Cultural Center. In preparation for this major exhibit, the Afro Center closed for the week of May 22 - 27. The Center's building Is being re painted and the grounds are be ing spruced up. A preview reception for mem bers of the Afro Center will be held Friday, June 2 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Visitors from throughout the southeast region are expected to see "African-American Artists 1880-1987" while it Is on view at the Center through July 16. Clubs, churches, and organiza tions are encouraged to call the Center to schedule tours during the exhibition. Exhibition Description African-American artistic ex pression flourished following Reconstruction. Black artists created traditions that have continued to Influence direc tions In black art. This exhibi tion, which Includes works from the 1880s to the 1980's, takes a revealing look at these tradi tions. Prior to the abolition of slav ery and the Reconstruction of southern states, many black art ists and craftspeople were slaves. A limited number of free The Red Star, 1970. Raymond Saunders northern blacks trained as art ists, but most were obligated to fulfill other demands. The en actment of the 13th Amendment S Aspiration, 1936. Aaron Douglas The Lovers (Somali Friends), 1950. Lois Mailou Jones gave former slaves the choice of how to spend their time. More Afro-Americans now had the leisure to experiment artistical ly- Understandably, some of the first nationally recognized art Ists were from free northern backgrounds. Edward Mitchell Bannister, a painter Influenced by the Barblzon school, was one of the first black artists to be recognized by the American art establishment. In the late 1800's, William A. Harper and William E. Scott hoped to devel op their talent and careers by study abroad with the esta blished expatriate painter Hen ry O. Temner. The Negro Renaissance of the 1920's brought African- Americans and their art to the attention of a wider American public. Aaron Douglas, Rich mond Barthe, and others*work Ing In an African-American sty listic vocabulary defined a context for black art. Later, the Urban League, tlie Federal Works Progress Admin Istratlon programs, the Harmon Foundation and other assis tance groups, as well as the emerging private sector galleries played an Important role In en couraging the work of blacks. The civil rights climate and the evolution of Modernism also shaped this legacy. The exhibition maps the course of African-American vis ual artistic achievement. It also addresses the complex stylistic associations as broad as the Minimalism and Afrlcoba movements of the 1970's. The Evans-Tibbs Collection 'The primary purpose of the Evans-Tibbs Collection remains that of referencing and exhibit ing works of art by African- American artists of the nine- teeth and twentieth centuries. Nestled In the heart of the Shaw district, this rare gem of artistic excellence presents an impor tant and growing collection of quality work by African- American artists." David C. Driskell Professor of Art University of Maryland, College Park The Evans-Tlbbs Collection Is located In a national historic townhouse In Washington D.C. that also contains a 6,000 vol ume library. Originally owned by Lillian Evans Tibbs --- a black American opera star of the 1920's known International ly as Madame EvantI — the resi dence became a have for artists., activists and Intellectuals. Madame Evantl's grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr. has preserved her legacy by esta blishing the art collection and producing videos and other oth er public history documents about his grandmother and oth er black American artists. Persons Interested in viewing "African-American Artists 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tlbbs Collection" should contact the Afro Center at (704) 374-1565.
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